The Oregon baseball program will rejoice the seventieth anniversary of its lone journey to the School World Sequence by sporting 1954 throwback uniforms throughout Sunday’s sport in opposition to Lafayette.
The cream-colored uniforms are practically an identical to what the Geese – identified then because the Webfoots – wore that season, with a inexperienced “Oregon” wordmark throughout the chest, in addition to inexperienced and yellow placket piping.
The piping sample will also be seen on the sleeve cuffs and down the perimeters of the pants. The look is full with a inexperienced hat that prominently shows a yellow Block “O” on the entrance, in addition to inexperienced stirrups.
“We’re honoring that team with these jerseys and tried to make a replica the best we possibly could, and I think the people at Nike did a fantastic job of reflecting that,” Oregon head coach Mark Wasikowski said.
“I’m excited about what it’s going to look like for our student-athletes, and that we’re going to be able to honor the 1954 team in this way.”
The 1954 workforce was led by Don Kirsch, the winningest coach in program historical past, and two-sport star George Shaw, an All-American outfielder and quarterback who was the No. 1 total choose of the Baltimore Colts within the 1955 NFL Draft.
The Webfoots captured the Pacific Coast Convention championship earlier than knocking off Seattle and Fresno State to punch their ticket to Omaha, although they had been rapidly eradicated with losses to Arizona and UMass.
